Poor No More

AUTHOR(S)

Elvin, John

PUB. DATE

November 1998

SOURCE

Insight on the News;11/02/98, Vol. 14 Issue 40, p35

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the belief of the Heritage Foundation, that poor Americans are better housed, better fed and own more personal property than average Americans. Facts by foundation analyst Robert Rector to support the assessment; Reference to findings by the United States Census Bureau on poverty.

Contends that economic freedom creates wealth for the people. Details on the study conducted by Heritage Foundation, an organization based in Washington D.C. on the causes of poverty; Economic freedom enjoyed by people in rich countries; How economic freedom creates wealth for the people.

The article focuses on the increasing public expenditures for low-skilled households. According to a study by Robert Rector of Heritage Foundation, the government has allocated $ 32, 706 per household including the ones considered as direct benefits of programs such as Social Security and...

Discusses the prevalence of poverty in the United States. Criticism of a report on poverty from the Heritage Foundation; Proportion of those in the US living in poverty according to the United States Census Bureau; Decline in poverty among blacks and Hispanics; How the Heritage Foundation...

Informs on the Heritage Foundation's `No Excuses' campaign to mobilize public pressure on behalf of better education for the poor in the United States. Production of the book `No Excuses: Lessons from 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools,' by Samuel Casey Carter; Importance of having a...

Discusses the Heritage Foundation and how it has continued talk regarding elementary schools in Chicago, Illinois. How so-called gains in test scores took place during a time when the number of students tested was reduced significantly; Topic of the publication 'No Excuses,' from the Heritage...

Presents comments on various topics in education. The study by Gad Yair of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to determine what students were thinking about at various times in the day; Use of Yair's study to determine the effectiveness of various educational techniques; Comments on the...